The morning time is also a time when I look at what I did yesterday. That's often a jumping-off point for today.
Lynne Rae PerkinsBy the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!"
Lynne Rae PerkinsI don't think about it that much, but sometimes I am surprised by that. I sometimes wonder why I didn't turn out to be the kind of picture-book writer who has stuffed animals that go with their books. That would be okay with me.
Lynne Rae PerkinsIt's really daunting when you have just spent a lot of time on something to think about tossing it out. But once you've started something better that's working right, then it's pretty easy to let the first one go.
Lynne Rae PerkinsOne of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened that I had no idea was going to happen.
Lynne Rae PerkinsI had read [Charles] Dickens's novels were often published serially. I thought it would be fun to write a book, just sitting down and writing a chapter every day, not knowing what would happen next. So that's how I wrote the first draft. And then of course I had to go back and make sure everything worked and change things.
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